The Quiet Place

Isn't it hard when we just want to get to the next step? or we just feel stuck in the season of waiting or singleness, whatever it may be. For me lately, I've been struggling with the singleness, thinking when's my turn, why everyone else (younger than me even) and not me.  Even though I do not feel this way all time, most of the time I am content. Knowing that in my singleness God is doing good things, and i am truly grateful for this time in my life. But sometimes it is hard, and then I read this post by of one our awesome monthly contributors, and I am brought back to what this season of life is all about: trusting in his plans, and putting him first, even when we are in that season of waiting. waiting for this season of singleness to end, even though this time in our lives is truly a gift, and we should be soaking up every minute of it. It's still hard, it's hard not knowing what's next and yet wanting to know. If you know me, i am not a patient p

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Founders Note: Today on the blog we have one of our monthly contributors Kristy. She is sharing her heart on this months theme relationships. Find out more about her here. Peter gets a lot of flack in sermons all around the world for his unbelief the second he stopped walking on water (Matthew 14:22-33)… but my question is did any of the other disciples get out of the boat? No. What about when he denied Jesus three times after Jesus was arrested. (John 18:15-27) Where were the other disciples then? In hiding? Yet, Peter gets all the flack for his moments of weakness. If you haven’t guessed, the relationship I chose to analyze was that of Peter and Jesus, and how it relates to our own walk with Christ.                                                                               Sometimes I feel a lot like Peter, impulsive, acting before I fully think about what I’m doing. At other times, I wish I could shut my brain off and be more impulsive. Either way, Peter does have a child

  Founders Note: Today on the blog we have one of our monthly contributors Charity, she is sharing her heart on this months theme relationships. find out more about her here . Whether we want them, desire them, despise them, or reject them, we all have them - relationships. Due to our flawed human nature many times our relationships don't progress as we would like. This sometimes leads us to a place of defeat where we give up and severe the relationships. Some relationships are not forever but many are and just take much love, grace, and forgiveness to thrive. There are two types of relationships. The first is the Vertical Relationship . This is the relationship between us and our Heavenly Father.  The second is the Horizontal Relationship . This is the relationship between us and the people around us - family, friends, coworkers etc. Of all relationships our vertical relationships is most important . This relationship is the foundation of all our relationships

Forgiveness is an amazing thing, but honestly it is the toughest thing I have ever had to work on. This year God revealed to me unforgiveness in my hear that I had buried, that I didn't even know was there. I'm glad that he showed it to me because it's something I need to deal with, but honestly it has been really hard. It isn't easy for me to let go of the hurt in my past and to let go of the people who inflicted the hurt. Yet I know it is what God is calling me to do. In fact, it is what he calls all of his sons and daughters to do. We must forgive. After all Christ forgave us, how can we not bestow that gift on the other people in our lives. I am reminded of the passage where Peter asks Jesus how many times he is to forgive his brother? 7 times? he asks. Jesus responds to Peter by saying, not 7 times, but 77 times. In other words, we are always to forgive everything. NO MATTER WHAT. No if, ands, or buts about it, no exceptions. Matthew 18:21-35 tells us about what

This is a time of year where we are thankful for our family, friends, relationships, etc. It is a time where we think about those little things that we may take for granted, and thank God for the many blessings that he puts in our lives. As i think about being thankful I am reminded of a hymn that we sing that church called, " Give Thanks ". "Give thanks with a grateful heart. Give thanks to the Holy One. Give thanks because He's given Jesus Christ, His Son.." To me this song, is a great reminder of what it means to really give thanks. Sometimes it's so easy to take those little things for granted, so sisters this week I encourage to give thanks for those people and the things that we so easily forget, "Give thanks with a grateful heart" That's what it's all about, rest in the truth of the words of this song this week. "Give Thanks" Give thanks with a grateful heart Give thanks to the Holy One Give thanks becaus

Today God reminded me again about Job's life and his battle against the question "why" with God. Job cried out to God asking him the tough questions about why he had lost everything in his life. God answered Job with at least two chapters of questions. God's answer humbled Job. Job was asking "Where is God when it hurts?" but God was asking "Where is Job when it hurts?". Faith isn't only for the good times, it's for the bad times too. When bad times come we need to not lose sight of God. Rather we need to trust him, even when things don't make sense. "Faith is believing in advance, what only makes sense in reverse." Job 38   Job 39   Job 40 The  Lord  said to Job: “Will the one who contends with the Almighty  correct him? Let him who accuses God answer him!” Then Job answered the  Lord : “I am unworthy —how can I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth. I spoke once, but I have no answer — twice, bu

This month we're bringing back the Share Your Story Linkup! Jenn is our cohost for November so be sure to stop by and check out her blog. This linkup is all about sharing your story, Weather that be what God is doing in your life right now, or your testimony, or a story of how God has met you right where you are at. Whatever it is, we want to hear from you! Meet Jenn: Hi there! I'm Jenn, and my blog is called what you make it Originally it was another name, but about a year ago,  I changed it because I made a radical decision:  I was going to stop complaining about how my life wasn't what I wanted it to be. Instead, I wanted to see the perspective that God has me exactly where he wants me, and that I can choose to make it awesome, and get out of it what he wants me to. Let me tell you: it's been a roller coaster, as you'll see in my grab bag of a blog. I write about my job (I recently quit my day job to pursue event planning!), our new house, my in

God does some pretty awesome things. One of them - me reading this post after I read Kiki's monthly post. It was SO good you should to read it too!  Click HERE!

Founders Note: Today on the blog we have our awesome monthly contributor  Kiki . She is sharing her heart on this months theme: Relationships.   Relationships are a two-way street. We give and we take and then we give and we take once more. But how easy is it to be just the receiver in the relationship? The receiver of the compliments, the receiver of the coffee, the receiver of the ride to work. It's easy because it makes us feel good inside, it takes less energy, and it makes us feel loved. Now before I continue, I need to tell you that there's nothing wrong with being on the receiving end of a gift of any kind. In fact, I think that the act of giving and receiving is important--especially in our relationships with Christ. But, like I said, relationships are a two-way street and part of being a receiver means we also need to be a giver, too. When I was presented with this month's topic on relationships, I realized just how often I find myself on the receiving en

Today on the blog we have two of the lovely ladies on our sidebar this month! So we hope you will check out each of their blogs at the links below. We have asked them the question: What's your favorite thanksgiving food? My favorite thanksgiving food is: Stuffing and pumpkin pie. My mom makes really good stuffing, and pumpkin pie is my favorite! What's your Favorite Thanksgiving food?  Kiki : My favorite Thanksgiving food is by far my mom's homemade stuffing. It's got all of the important food groups and I could honestly eat it any time of the year. Just thinking about it makes me excited for Thanksgiving! Blog | Blog Lovin' | Pinterest | Twitter Vanessa : My favorite Thanksgiving food is deviled eggs. It's the only time of year I eat them really. Blog | Facebook | Twitter So we ask you, what's your favorite thanksgiving food? If you would like to sponsor us next  month go here

One of the greatest friendships in the bible is Johnathan and David. This month as we talk about relationships, I am reminded of this great story of two friends who lived out what God had called them to do. Even though they knew the risk, they never their love for one another. Isn't that what we all want in a relationship? Someone that we know loves us no matter what. Yes people aren't perfect, but with God we have that. His love in unconditional, unchanging, he loves us no matter what, no matter how broken we are he still loves us. We are his, and he never let's us forget that. Every single day he is reminding us of his love. As i think of God's pure love for us and the relationship between Johnathan and David I am reminded of a  song that we sing at church sometimes: "A pure heart, that's what I long for, a heart that follows hard after thee."  sisters let us strive to be that kind of friend to others, no matter what. Let us strive to be the women Go

When everything is gone, what is left? That was the question of today's sermon. Job suffered through more things than imaginable in his lifetime. He lost his home, his children, his wife, and his health. Yet, in the midst of all his suffering he still spoke with God. Job cried out to the Lord in his anguish, and God answered him. 2 Corinthians 1:4-6 who comforts us  in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.   For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ,  so also our comfort abounds through Christ.   If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation;  if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. Romans 8:16-18 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit  that we are God’s children.   Now if we are children, then we are heirs —heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his suffering

So Today we are linking up with one of our awesome monthly contributors and dear blogging friend Kiki from  In it's Time . This months linkup is all about Travel, Kiki and her co-host have asked: to either share a dream trip or share a favorite trip that we have already been on.  What's my favorite trip? My family and I take a family trip to Siesta Key, Florida every year in May, and it's definitely one of my favorite trips. We are going back this year in may, but i would love to go with friends. Sit on beach and soak up the sun all day, that sounds good to me.       My dream trip would be to Hawaii, I've always wanted to go. I've only seen it in pictures and it looks so beautiful! Also i think it would be fun to go to NYC on a blogging retreat, so i could meet some my blogging friends. We could have a week filled with talking about jesus and sharing our hearts with each other over coffee and good food. That would be a so nice.  photo from here

It may be a bit delayed but this month the posting theme for The Quiet Place is relationships. This month we're exploring what the Bible has to say about different types of relationships. If you'd like to guest post send us an email at tqprest@gmail.com.  Tonight take a look at what the Bible has to say about brothers (applicable to sisters too). Brothers